Statistical Resources

This section provides international economic, and trade data and statistics. These sources include country, regional and global data. The global data and statistical resources listed consist of data from government agencies, academic and independent research institutions, and international organizations. China and U.S. statistical sources are also included.

This annual report presents comprehensive statistics on the gross external debt
of 171 developing countries and countries in transition. The Joint External Debt Hub web site brings together external debt data and selected foreign assets from international creditor/market and national debtor sources from the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB).

Publisher description: A monthly publication that serves as a source of international
statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. It reports, for most
countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international
payments and of inflation and deflation, i.e., data on exchange rates, international liquidity,
money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government
accounts, and national accounts. Information is presented in country tables and in tables of
area and world aggregates. The IMF also publishes an annual version, International
Financial Statistics Yearbook.

Publisher description: A compilation trade statistics that also serves as a
guide to users who wish to better understand the nature of trade data. The Manual discusses
in detail the conceptual and institutional framework of data collection, the sources of data,
methods of data compilation, and data dissemination, reconciliation and exchange.

Annual publication that provides a compilation of world trade statistics and data,
broken down by country, region, and sector. World trade developments, prospects and
long-terms trends are also discussed in the publication.

Publisher description: Provides basic information on the external trade of
individual countries. The yearbook includes the value of trade, and volume price, the
importance of trading partners and significance of the exporting and importing of individual
commodities.

Publisher description: The World Economic Outlook presents the IMF staff's
analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country
groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries.
This publication is also available online from the IMF web site.

The site offers information on the policies and programs of the Asian Development Bank, which has a mission to reduce poverty in the Asia and Pacific region. The site also includes links to ADB publications as well as statistical data..

As the most important permanent arbitration institution in China CIETAC serves as an independent body that resolves economic and trade disputes by means of arbitration and conciliation (mediation). The web site contains news and conventions on Trade and Development organizations.

The web site provides a quality economic research and contributes to economic policy
discussions while expanding the frontier of economic knowledge around the globe in the areas
of money and banking, macroeconomics, and international and regional economics.

"The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available."

Offers access to online trade datasets. Users may retrieve, visualize, analyze, print and download customized output for U.S. national merchandise exports, imports, trade balances and U.S. state and regional exports of merchandise.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Statistics Portal provides wide range of key statistics for its member countries and major additional countries through its products such as OECD.Stat Extracts, OECD Factbook,Country Statistical Profiles, etc. Much of the data can be freely accessed on this web site and a lot more is available on subscription basis onsite at the Library of Congress.

Provides access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data for over 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities; monthly and annual trade statistics at the district and port level, as well as state exports

This web page provides access to a statistics database with interactive access to the most up-to-date WTO trade statistics; the annual International Trade Statistics publication; comprehensive tariff data as well as country trade profiles, regular statistical reports and working papers. Links to national statistical offices, other national sources, international organizations and other
statistics and economic information can also be found here.

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